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clinton, has embraced bill clinton, the president putting his arms around -- president clinton putting his arms around president obama literally and figuratively, is so troublesome with that white working class vote. >> how far back -- i guess harry truman they liked. >> they liked kennedy's tax cuts. they never talk about lbj much. they thought carter was illegitimate. and they thought bill clinton was completely illegitimate until this campaign. but bill clinton comes out there and to take joan's point and he says not just that he's my president, he's our president. coming from another president who has made hard decisions and it's really putting the stamp of legit maty back on a guy who shouldn't have to fight for it but has had to because of republican obstructionism. >> let's listen to romney talking about the president out for revenge. it never ends. and romney again today, he's running as if he's like america's team, like the dallas cowboys. like he's the american candidate. who gave him that? >> and we've got people on the right saying there are threats of race riots if preside
clinton, has embraced bill clinton, the president putting his arms around -- president clinton putting his arms around president obama literally and figuratively, is so troublesome with that white working class vote. >> how far back -- i guess harry truman they liked. >> they liked kennedy's tax cuts. they never talk about lbj much. they thought carter was illegitimate. and they thought bill clinton was completely illegitimate until this campaign. but bill clinton comes out there...
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not quite the level of bill clinton for obama but not bad. you know. marco rubio and chris christie sort of are the two sort of stars that can get people on their own. and here he is with obama. i tell you, you see him -- here's another sort of fascinating thing to watch. the number of photographs that people asked to take with the two of them, and they kept taking them. what are they going to say? you have these people at the shelter or their homes and they're both emotional, upset, and excited to meet the president and the governor. and here they were posing for pictures together. the two of them. with constituents in new jersey too. that part of it was a little surreal, especially when i sort of remind myself that today's wednesday and election day is, i don't know, not even 200 hours away. >> an extraordinary day. chuck todd, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> you got it. >>> across the river from new york city, hoboken, new jersey remains mostly flooded and mostly without power. as much as a foot of water flooded into the city during t
not quite the level of bill clinton for obama but not bad. you know. marco rubio and chris christie sort of are the two sort of stars that can get people on their own. and here he is with obama. i tell you, you see him -- here's another sort of fascinating thing to watch. the number of photographs that people asked to take with the two of them, and they kept taking them. what are they going to say? you have these people at the shelter or their homes and they're both emotional, upset, and...
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. >> that left bill clinton flying solo in florida. >> i was supposed to be the warmup man for president obama today. but that storm on the east coast had other ideas. >> governor romney canceled his schedule tonight but today he was still campaigning out of the storm's path in ohio. >> on the eastern coast of our nation, a lot of people are enduring some very difficult times. and our hearts and our prayers go to them. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. and we are in a special edition today, hurricane sandy growing stronger, reaching what could be historic strength as it heads directly for the northeast. we've got all of our reporters standing by throughout the danger zones with full reports but first, our meteorologist bill karins, live in lower manhattan, bracing for the storm surge tonight. bill, you're down there near battery city and obviously you're looking at tide coming in i guess around 8:30 tonight, is the really first test of just how bad this is going to be? >> yeah. this is slightly scary since this is what it looks like at the low tide, you know. we hit th
. >> that left bill clinton flying solo in florida. >> i was supposed to be the warmup man for president obama today. but that storm on the east coast had other ideas. >> governor romney canceled his schedule tonight but today he was still campaigning out of the storm's path in ohio. >> on the eastern coast of our nation, a lot of people are enduring some very difficult times. and our hearts and our prayers go to them. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in...
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former president bill clinton took the stage in orlando about an hour ago. coming up joe lock art will join me to talk about the re-election efforts down south. the question to you today is about hurricane sandy. whose campaign stands to be stalled the most by this storm? tweet me or find me on facebook. we're back after this. hungry for the best? it's eb. want to give your family the very best in taste, freshness, and nutrition? it's eb. eggland's best. better taste. better nutrition. better eggs. it's eb. >>> welcome back, everyone. a live peek of what's taking place oud of new york city right now. a look at statue of liberty in the distance. the water is is churned up at this hour. we'll get a live report in a few minutes. eight days before the election, and this hurricane is making a mess of both campaign schedules. look at some of these battleground state headlines. in virginia's richmond times dispatch, here comes sandy. because of that both campaigns have canceled rallies in the old dominion. bob mcdonald said he'll ask the state to extend absentee vo
former president bill clinton took the stage in orlando about an hour ago. coming up joe lock art will join me to talk about the re-election efforts down south. the question to you today is about hurricane sandy. whose campaign stands to be stalled the most by this storm? tweet me or find me on facebook. we're back after this. hungry for the best? it's eb. want to give your family the very best in taste, freshness, and nutrition? it's eb. eggland's best. better taste. better nutrition. better...
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is bill clinton turning into the party's go-to guy to pick up the slack of what the president obviously can't be out there doing because his attention is needed for what's taking place with sandy recovery? >> sure, if you can't have the president or the vice president, certainly bill clinton, former president clinton is at the top of the list. he is well loved and respected here in ohio and throughout much of the rest of the country, and i think he's doing a wonderful thing for the president and understanding the circumstances of this storm, but, thomas, i think both campaigns have now come down to a get out the vote effort. i don't think people will be much influenced by tv ads and going forward. i think we are in a place -- whichever campaign is most successful in actually getting their people to the polls and that will be the campaign they think will win. >> what do you think is taking place in ohio right now with the fact that mitt romney is not having campaign events and as chuck pointed out he's shifted into more relief-type efforts and people are sending me tweets that campaign v
is bill clinton turning into the party's go-to guy to pick up the slack of what the president obviously can't be out there doing because his attention is needed for what's taking place with sandy recovery? >> sure, if you can't have the president or the vice president, certainly bill clinton, former president clinton is at the top of the list. he is well loved and respected here in ohio and throughout much of the rest of the country, and i think he's doing a wonderful thing for the...
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campaigning for president obama today, former president bill clinton made the political link between hurricane sandy and manmade climate change when he referred to mitt romney's stance on climate change in the recent debate. this is gripping. let's listen. >> he ridiculed the president, ridiculed the president for his efforts to fight global warming in economically beneficial ways. he said, oh, you're going to turn back the seas. in my part of america, we would like it if someone could have done that yesterday. all up and down the east coast there are mayors, many of them republicans, who are being told you got to move these houses back away from the ocean. you got to lift them up. climate change is going to raise the water levels on a permanent basis. if you want your town insured, you have to do this. in the real world, barack obama's policies work better. >> he's unbelievable. anyway, does our extreme weather we're facing right now in the northeast from droughts and wildfires actually across the country, now hurricane sandy, make the case that manmade global warming is not only re
campaigning for president obama today, former president bill clinton made the political link between hurricane sandy and manmade climate change when he referred to mitt romney's stance on climate change in the recent debate. this is gripping. let's listen. >> he ridiculed the president, ridiculed the president for his efforts to fight global warming in economically beneficial ways. he said, oh, you're going to turn back the seas. in my part of america, we would like it if someone could...
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who would have ever thought that bill clinton would be the chief obama surrogate in this final week. now writing a rebuttal apparently to the des moines register to their endorsement of mitt romney. >> we don't need to be on the plane with bill clinton to know what mode he's in. he's polishing that op-ed he's writing for the des moines register, clearly intended as a rebuttal to the paper's endorsement of mitt romney. bill clinton will be the way he was in 1996 when running for his own re-election trying to get as many campaign stops in as possible. with the president sidelined it's bigger than it was before. >> hillary clinton in bosnia today, on a trip to algeria yesterday, bosnia today, talking about how much she thinks about new york and sort of this wonderful irony all around. of course as the former senator from new york, she was pointing out her heart is there with the victims. >> the level of -- even the 2008 campaign, the idea at the end of the 2008 primary campaign you would say bill clinton is barack obama's most important surrogate and may get him over the line in some of
who would have ever thought that bill clinton would be the chief obama surrogate in this final week. now writing a rebuttal apparently to the des moines register to their endorsement of mitt romney. >> we don't need to be on the plane with bill clinton to know what mode he's in. he's polishing that op-ed he's writing for the des moines register, clearly intended as a rebuttal to the paper's endorsement of mitt romney. bill clinton will be the way he was in 1996 when running for his own...
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republicans have in some ways embraced bill clinton, as well. one of the oddest moments was hearing newt gingrich praise bill clinton. i was like, did you live through that presidency where there was such loggerheads? so i think it backfired with them embracing bill clinton as a moderate and trying to frame president obama as carter, because that was very much poking the bear, and the bear very much bit back. >> the bear has woken. thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, more evidence that moderate mitt is a complete myth. here is what he says about women's rights behind closed doors and it is not about the binders. ah. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing home-cooked meals. to make amazing try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet,
republicans have in some ways embraced bill clinton, as well. one of the oddest moments was hearing newt gingrich praise bill clinton. i was like, did you live through that presidency where there was such loggerheads? so i think it backfired with them embracing bill clinton as a moderate and trying to frame president obama as carter, because that was very much poking the bear, and the bear very much bit back. >> the bear has woken. thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thank...
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she's lost to us, but he's gotten the most trusted man in america, his name is bill clinton, right now according to recent polling. he has general colin powell who has long been one of the most trusted people in the country, and probably the savviest pol, the mayor of new york. >> the most important point you were in the middle of making, the endorsements would have -- the nonendorsements would have actually been a bigger deal in some ways, and this doesn't take away from anything and the president is able to use powell. but bloomberg staying on the sidelines, it would have been his way of saying -- i don't think bloomberg would have endorsed romney. getting the endorsement is i think a sign that these guys think, number one, they want to be with winners. both of them are very i think careful guys when they throw their endorsement out there. so i think it says something -- >> what would you rather have, "the des moines register" or mayor bloomberg? >> it's not even close. you would want bloomberg. the timing of bloomberg, too. couldn't have come at a better time. >> say question to you
she's lost to us, but he's gotten the most trusted man in america, his name is bill clinton, right now according to recent polling. he has general colin powell who has long been one of the most trusted people in the country, and probably the savviest pol, the mayor of new york. >> the most important point you were in the middle of making, the endorsements would have -- the nonendorsements would have actually been a bigger deal in some ways, and this doesn't take away from anything and the...
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it started after the 2010 elections reconciling with former president bill clinton who made his debut as a character witness in 2010. vouching for the big tax compromise at the time reached with republicans in delivering a 1-2 punch that now has become a staple in his campaign. >> i've been keeping the first lady waiting for about half an hour. so i'm going to take off. >> i don't want to make her mad. please go. >> you're in good hands. >> the president signed the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. he put together a checklist of accomplishments that you hear now on the campaign trail. withdrawing the final troops from iraq and announcing his top national security achievement. >> tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> he put together a coalition in building intensity with his case, by supporting gay marriage, easing immigration rules. and then the obama campaign focused single mindedly on beating mitt romney as early as it could. the president has since caught
it started after the 2010 elections reconciling with former president bill clinton who made his debut as a character witness in 2010. vouching for the big tax compromise at the time reached with republicans in delivering a 1-2 punch that now has become a staple in his campaign. >> i've been keeping the first lady waiting for about half an hour. so i'm going to take off. >> i don't want to make her mad. please go. >> you're in good hands. >> the president signed the...
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but you just be sensitive to it. >> dee dee, you were on bill clinton's campaign during hurricane andrew, and you were in that awkward position where you're running against a guy that runs the government. you guys are the outsiders. you probably were tempted to criticize, but you realized there was a line. what is the line? >> well, and i think this is one that obviously governor romney faces right now, which is the one thing you don't want to do is be attacking the president while he's trying to manage a national crisis. we have a number of states that have already asked for a declaration of emergency. so we have to be careful. what governor clinton did in 1992 was after things had moved far enough that it wasn't in the midst of the disaster, went down to see how people were doing. and that ended up being an effective way to look at the devastation on the ground, talk to people, see how they were responding and recovering. and it ended up being an effective tactic, but there isn't much time in the aftermath of this storm. >> to do any of that. >> right. and perceptions do sometimes take
but you just be sensitive to it. >> dee dee, you were on bill clinton's campaign during hurricane andrew, and you were in that awkward position where you're running against a guy that runs the government. you guys are the outsiders. you probably were tempted to criticize, but you realized there was a line. what is the line? >> well, and i think this is one that obviously governor romney faces right now, which is the one thing you don't want to do is be attacking the president while...
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into >> cenk: no, no, no. >> yes yes. >> cenk: bill clinton, i get that. trangulation, it isn't washing somecars. when rush limbaugh spoke clinton said, have at it ho ss. >> no, that's how he ran. >> cenk: that's not how he ran. >> i think things as serious as the economy people want someone who looks strong, and that comment does not make him look strong. >> cenk: and he says please, please, please and if you care about the politics, when president obama gets re-elected he's going to go back to giving them everything. i'll wash your car, but you have to leverage. >> and this is about being a candidate, not being a president. i think that's how he's being. >> it's visualization. let's go to this analogy. you're trying to buy a car. we all know that we don't trust car sales men like we don't frustrate politicians. this cars salesman says i'll throw this on and this and this. i think, what is wrong with this? you're doing a lot. this is shady. and it has nothing to do with what they're trying to get done. it doesn't make sense. >> cenk: there are a million p
into >> cenk: no, no, no. >> yes yes. >> cenk: bill clinton, i get that. trangulation, it isn't washing somecars. when rush limbaugh spoke clinton said, have at it ho ss. >> no, that's how he ran. >> cenk: that's not how he ran. >> i think things as serious as the economy people want someone who looks strong, and that comment does not make him look strong. >> cenk: and he says please, please, please and if you care about the politics, when president...
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bill clinton, nothing beats having a former president to affirm you, especially a guy like bill clinton who's a walking advertisement for a strong economy. >> why is he doing it? >> you know, i think part of it is that his legacy is, in a sense, tied to barack obama's. a lot of what barack obama is saying is let's go back to the clinton rates on taxes. there's an affirmation on him getting reelected. and then, of course, they did bring their two sort of political power house families together with the hiring of hillary clinton. into the cabinet of barack obama. if you want to take the most cynical view of it, if hillary clinton wants to run in 2016, what better way to serve that up and set that up. >> we've got some huge loyalty. some markers are going to be able to be able to be called in on this deal. look, i think president clinton not only has he done the job for president obama, but the work that he's doing for on the downed ballot is just amazing. do you think he can swing some races. >> i think absolutely. if you look at where i'm seeing him pop it into my inbox. you know, small
bill clinton, nothing beats having a former president to affirm you, especially a guy like bill clinton who's a walking advertisement for a strong economy. >> why is he doing it? >> you know, i think part of it is that his legacy is, in a sense, tied to barack obama's. a lot of what barack obama is saying is let's go back to the clinton rates on taxes. there's an affirmation on him getting reelected. and then, of course, they did bring their two sort of political power house...
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that's why they are sending bill clinton instead of barack obama. romney is expected to do incredibly well in the western part of the state and is expected to win the west, all of the center. so the battle will be fought in the southeastern part of the state. that's why where have you philadelphia and the southeast suburbs, obama will win philadelphia. but it's the suburbs, where mitt romney is coming, to bucks county, where george w. bush almost won in 2008. came very close to beating ker three. that's where romney thinks he will peel away the voters to beat obama. >> do you think we could wake up wednesday morning and learn of an -- november surprise in pennsylvania? is that a possibility? >> i think that it is not impossible, or if it was impossible, i don't think the romney camp would be spending the time and resources we have seen them go up on the air. we seen the g.o.p. super pacs on the air. do i think it's going to happen? probably not. i think that obottommal squeak out a 2 to 3 to 4-point win in pennsylvania. but it's not impossible that
that's why they are sending bill clinton instead of barack obama. romney is expected to do incredibly well in the western part of the state and is expected to win the west, all of the center. so the battle will be fought in the southeastern part of the state. that's why where have you philadelphia and the southeast suburbs, obama will win philadelphia. but it's the suburbs, where mitt romney is coming, to bucks county, where george w. bush almost won in 2008. came very close to beating ker...
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. >> and bill clinton was making the choice in the final hours. >> three quick things. one, a stupid irritating republican primary that did not nothing to help the republican cause. two, an incredibly timid and negative and somewhat cynical obama campaign that will weakent him if he is re-elected. and a debate that took romney from dead to maybe president of the united states. >> that debate was huge, joe. >> i have to say, for me, it's a republican looking at the republican party, it was a horrifying primary process that damaged the republican brand. secondly, a terrible i think republican convention, where mitt romney didn't make the turn to the middle. and, third, just a remarkable first debate. that if mitt romney wins, it will be a debate that political scientists will be looking at 50 years from now. it really could be the big turning point.be >> i hate to agree, but the debate is the bc/ad line of demarcation, not only was it president obama's worst night and probably a near death experience for him, but mitt romney was suddenly a credible candidate after the oba
. >> and bill clinton was making the choice in the final hours. >> three quick things. one, a stupid irritating republican primary that did not nothing to help the republican cause. two, an incredibly timid and negative and somewhat cynical obama campaign that will weakent him if he is re-elected. and a debate that took romney from dead to maybe president of the united states. >> that debate was huge, joe. >> i have to say, for me, it's a republican looking at the...
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. >> an bill clinton continues to slam the door on romney in the state of virginia. >> if you really believe we're all in this together, re-elect president obama. >> as katy perry lights up the badger state. >>> good to have you with us tonight. with just about 50 hours until election day, the candidates are making their closing arguments like never before and in the battleground state of ohio, president obama is definitely on the move. the latest nbc maris poll has the president up. he is pushing hard about the dishonest ad about jeep moving jobs to china. >> you've got folks who work at the jeep plant who have been calling their employers worried asking if their jobs were being shipped to china. you've heard about this. everybody heard about this? and the reason they're worried is because governor romney is running ads saying that jeep is shipping jobs to china. there's only one problem. it's not true. >> it's just not ohio where president obama is surging. in 22 new polls of battleground states, the president leads in 19 of them. the obama campaign is taking nothing for granted, h
. >> an bill clinton continues to slam the door on romney in the state of virginia. >> if you really believe we're all in this together, re-elect president obama. >> as katy perry lights up the badger state. >>> good to have you with us tonight. with just about 50 hours until election day, the candidates are making their closing arguments like never before and in the battleground state of ohio, president obama is definitely on the move. the latest nbc maris poll has...
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. >> perry, i want to go back actually to the storm, because i want to play something bill clinton said yesterday and it's something we haven't heard on the campaign trail from either candidate on a specific topic. let me show you and let you hear what president clinton said. >> in the first debate, the try up much of the moderate mitt romney, you know what he did? he ridiculed the president, ridiculed the president, for his efforts to fight global warming in economically beneficial ways. he said, oh, you're going to turn back the seas. and in my part of america we would like it if someone could have done that yesterday. >> perry, it was interesting, governor cuomo brought it up with brian williams, governor christie had said he's going to, look, we have to get the army corps -- we have to build the jersey shore differently because of the climate. climate change has not been something the president has brought up anymore and there was the other line mitt romney said the rise of the oceans -- does sandy change the conversation? >> i don't think it does very late politically. it should. o
. >> perry, i want to go back actually to the storm, because i want to play something bill clinton said yesterday and it's something we haven't heard on the campaign trail from either candidate on a specific topic. let me show you and let you hear what president clinton said. >> in the first debate, the try up much of the moderate mitt romney, you know what he did? he ridiculed the president, ridiculed the president, for his efforts to fight global warming in economically beneficial...
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i was watching the bill clinton/president obama rally last night and it had all the feel of classic bill clinton. the president got pumped up by that as well. bill clinton lost his voice, but that didn't slow him down or shorten his speech at all. we heard everything, including don't stop thinking about tomorrow. there was a lot of nostalgia going on. tell me about that relationship. because it's been fraught with difficulty and we all know what it was like four years ago. there was a lot of tension and it didn't get repaired that easily. >> yesterday it was great, nobody makes a closing argument better than bill clinton does. andrea, somebody who worked closely with the clintons four years ago, from the moment that the president secured the nomination, bill clinton was on board in a fulsome way to campaign for us in the full of 2008. he supported every single initiative this president has put forward in the last three and a half years. we don't have anyone who is a more accomplished ambassador for thundershower achievement. >> after the closing we have seen for bill clinton in this camp
i was watching the bill clinton/president obama rally last night and it had all the feel of classic bill clinton. the president got pumped up by that as well. bill clinton lost his voice, but that didn't slow him down or shorten his speech at all. we heard everything, including don't stop thinking about tomorrow. there was a lot of nostalgia going on. tell me about that relationship. because it's been fraught with difficulty and we all know what it was like four years ago. there was a lot of...
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bill clinton is continues with the florida event. president obama probably made the right call to come back. it wouldn't look good if he continued with that event down in florida if people are pounded by rain. all attention will be on this storm for a while, especially on the east coast, so he has a chance to get out there and be in front of the cam ras. we don't want to talk aboutfall politics in a natural disaster, but it will give him a chance to respond and look presidential. >> mitt romney had to cancel three events in virginia. the latest poll out of the state. he's closing the gap, although the president still has a four-point lead. how do you proceed if you're mitt romney? he doesn't have an official role, so is whatever he does open to criticism, or is it -- do you even morph through a political lens? where does mitt romney play through all of this. >> he can campaign in states not adversely affected by the storm. he can stay in ohio. i don't think there was any downside to spend more time in ohio and put in homilies in the
bill clinton is continues with the florida event. president obama probably made the right call to come back. it wouldn't look good if he continued with that event down in florida if people are pounded by rain. all attention will be on this storm for a while, especially on the east coast, so he has a chance to get out there and be in front of the cam ras. we don't want to talk aboutfall politics in a natural disaster, but it will give him a chance to respond and look presidential. >> mitt...
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the president campaigned with former president bill clinton in new hampshire this morning. obama also has florida, ohio and colorado on his schedule. this morning mitt romney was in des moines, and later today he'll rally in ohio, pennsylvania and virginia. stay with cnn. we'll have live coverage of all the action from the campaign trail. we'll have a team of reporters in the battleground states covering all the angles. so no republican candidate has ever won the white house without winning ohio, and yet romney was right there campaigning in the battleground state of cleveland. jim costas is traveling with romney and joins us now. is romney crafting his message to democrats, by chance, in that democrat stronghold city to try to change their minds at all? >> reporter: he has been doing that, fredricka, in the last 48 hours of delivering his closing argument. he's made overt appeals to democrats out there saying if he is elected president, he will go across party lines to get the country back on track. what we're seeing today is mitt romney sort of bringing some closure to hi
the president campaigned with former president bill clinton in new hampshire this morning. obama also has florida, ohio and colorado on his schedule. this morning mitt romney was in des moines, and later today he'll rally in ohio, pennsylvania and virginia. stay with cnn. we'll have live coverage of all the action from the campaign trail. we'll have a team of reporters in the battleground states covering all the angles. so no republican candidate has ever won the white house without winning...